Giant Scale Model Airplane Chance Vought F4U Corsair presented on the Model Air Show in Berlin Gatow Germany in June 2015. Continue reading
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First Air/Water Drone Inspection of Bridge in Delaware
Using an innovative drone that can both fly and swim, the first combination aerial and underwater bridge inspection was successfully conducted on the Delaware Memorial Bridge Twin Spans on June 18, 2017, through a collaborative effort that included the Delaware River Bay Authority (DRBA), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (RU-NB) and SubUAS LLC. Continue reading
Ex-MIT Start-Up Launches 3-Hour Hybrid QuadCopter
Boston-based Top Flight Technologies, Inc., an innovative provider of extended flight, enhanced payload, hybrid-powered commercial UAVs hardware and autopilot control products, is seeking initial commercial and government customers for its recently announced Airborg H8, 10K UAV, and powered by the company’s proprietary Top Flight Technologies Hybrid-Power (Gasoline and Electric) System. Continue reading
USAF Wants Drone Defences After F-22 Overflight
Small, civilian-owned drones can buzz past the US Air Force’s stealthy fighter fleet sitting at domestic bases and the service’s head of Air Combat Command (ACC) has no way to deal with them. Continue reading
University of Arizona Using AI and Drones to Help Guard US Border
Whether or not President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico ever gets built, a new project coming out of the University of Arizona offers a new solution for surveilling national borders without necessarily having to invest in quite so many bricks: Use smart technologies instead. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Border Guard Deploys Spectator-M
Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) has put the new Spectator-M unmanned aircraft system to service. Continue reading
Elbit Raises Stake in India’s Alpha to 49%
Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a direct supplier of defence equipment for the Indian Armed Forces, said that its Israeli partner Elbit Security Systems had increased its stake in their joint venture from 26% to 49%. Continue reading
Textron Systems Adapts Aerosonde for Navy Missions
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Textron Systems a potential maximum of USD1.73 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS). Continue reading